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Edward Epinetus Knight, son of John Knight and Martha Ann Cromwell, was born the 16th day of Nov. 1838 in Edgecombe Co. N. C. He was the eldest of seven children the others being named Cromwell, Laura, Willis, Joe Laurence, and Laurie.
He volunteered as a private soldier in the Confederate Guards + enlisted the Second Company of Edgecombe which was organized about 3 miles from Ry Mount in March 1861. His character and ability gained for him at once the appointment of 2nd Corporal of his Company, of which Turner Battle was Captain. The Company was carried to Garysburg N. C. and mustered into what was known as the 5th N. C. Volunteers.
In April they were ordered to Yorktown Va. where they remained until Feb. 1862; at which time they were ordered to Kinston N. C. and in April they were sent back to Yorktown, where on the 28th of April 1862, they were engaged in their first battle at [????]
At reorganization of the Company, on account of his services and bravery, he was elected 2nd Lieut. Of Capt. Ed. Foxhall�s Company, which was Company I of 15th Regiment of N. C. and that Regmt. Was part of Army of Northern Va. This Regmt. Was engaged in battles from

Edward Epinetus Knight, son of John Knight and Martha Ann Cromwell, was born the 16th day of Nov. 1838 in Edgecombe Co. N. C. He was the eldest of seven children the others being named Cromwell, Laura, Willis, Joe Laurence, and Laurie.
He volunteered as a private soldier in the Confederate Guards + enlisted the Second Company of Edgecombe which was organized about 3 miles from Ry Mount in March 1861. His character and ability gained for him at once the appointment of 2nd Corporal of his Company, of which Turner Battle was Captain. The Company was carried to Garysburg N. C. and mustered into what was known as the 5th N. C. Volunteers.
In April they were ordered to Yorktown Va. where they remained until Feb. 1862; at which time they were ordered to Kinston N. C. and in April they were sent back to Yorktown, where on the 28th of April 1862, they were engaged in their first battle at [????]
At reorganization of the Company, on account of his services and bravery, he was elected 2nd Lieut. Of Capt. Ed. Foxhall�s Company, which was Company I of 15th Regiment of N. C. and that Regmt. Was part of Army of Northern Va. This Regmt. Was engaged in battles from